After winning, Tetsuhiro tried to persuade Kaiba to join him. "Hmph. You should know exactly what you've lost. Sometimes defeat isn't a bad thing. It can motivate you, keep hammering you into shape, and help you keep growing!"
Kaiba's expression was cold as he asked in a low voice, "What are you getting at?"
"Join me. I can offer technology and supernatural powers you've never seen before, and show you a much wider world. Your dreams will all come true in the future, and both your card skills and your own strength will keep improving!"
"Hmph, impossible! I won't bow to an enemy!"
"An enemy?" Tetsuhiro chuckled, his gaze sweeping over Kaiba's tense shoulders. "You don't even qualify as my enemy. In my eyes, you're all my students. I appreciate your talents, which is why I patiently guide you. If you were anyone else? Heh heh."
"Arrogant!" Kaiba took half a step forward, his chest rising and falling slightly. "Winning a duel doesn't mean you can push me around. I will never submit!"
"I know you resent me, but you only won Kaiba Corporation from Gozaburo Kaiba yourself. And he adopted and trained you two specifically so he could lose to you."
"What?!" Kaiba jerked his head up. His composure shattered, his pupils suddenly widening. "What do you mean?"
"Isn't it obvious? His body died, but his consciousness is hiding in a virtual world with his son, secretly watching you and Mokuba."
"That's impossible!" Kaiba's voice suddenly rose. "Dead is dead! What virtual world? Do you think you can fool me with some ghost story meant for children?"
"Then what if I told you they intend to take over your bodies so they can return to life in the real world?"
Kaiba froze for a moment, then suddenly burst out